Chapter

 1    1|       in this wise the ordinary state of~Christians would be considered
 2    1|    married], so that the virgin state was held in~small esteem,
 3    1| perpetrating the~deed. Thus, to state it in the briefest manner,
 4    1|        is aimed directly at the state of matrimony~and gives occasion
 5    1| honorable, but also a necessary state, and it is solemnly commanded
 6    1|     chastity out of the married state are condemned~by this commandment,
 7    1|         to abandon the unchaste state and enter~the married life,
 8    2|       receive from God, and, to state it quite~briefly, teaches
 9    3|      have something to present, state,~and name which he desires;
10    4|       shall be saved. Therefore state it most~simply thus, that